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Louis VII the Younger of France Capet
(Cir 1120-1180)
Adele de Blois de Champagne
(Cir 1140-1206)
Baldwin V of Hainault
(1150-1195)
Margaret of Flanders
(1145-1194)
Philip II Augustus of France Capet
(1165-1223)
Isabella of Hainault
(1170-1190)
Louis VIII the Lion of France Capet
(1187-1226)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Blanche of Castile

Louis VIII the Lion of France Capet 1 2

  • Born: 5 Sep 1187, Paris, France
  • Marriage: Blanche of Castile on 23 May 1200
  • Died: 8 Nov 1226, Auvergne, France aged 39

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: King of France, 1223.


Louis married Blanche of Castile, daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor Plantagenet, on 23 May 1200. (Blanche of Castile was born in 1188 in Palencia and died on 27 Nov 1252 in Paris, France.)

Sources

1 The Official Web Site http://www.royal.gov.uk/.

2 Brian C. Tompsett, Directory of Royal Genealogical (Datahttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Brian Tompsett
Department of Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, UK, HU6 7RX
B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk).

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